At a local library, I found a copy of “The Material Culture of Steamboat Passengers” by Annalies Corbin. The book published in 2000 was an archaeological study of the artifacts from the steamers Bertrand and Arabia. More work like this report should be conducted on other steamers lost on the Missouri.
In Appendix H, Ms Corbin listed the steamers on the Missouri River. Steamers owned and operated from Georgetown, PA named on the list included:
(1) Amelia Poe
(2) Ida Stockdale
(3) Yorktown
(4) Mollie Ebert
(5) Nick Wall
(6) Georgetown
Several Georgetown steamboats were omitted from the list. Most notably, the str Sallie was omitted, or confused with other boats with the same name. The Sallie docked at the levee in Ft Benton in 1868, 1869, and 1870.
Two other Georgetown owned steamers were also omitted. Poe family records indicate that the Financier No 2 and Ella worked on the Kansas River in 1854 -55 with the Georgetown. The Poe brothers had three boats operating on the Missouri and Kansas Rivers before the outbreak of the Civil War.
My final contributions to Appendix H are three boats named by Capt Adam Poe who travelled to Missouri in 1837. During his trip he steamed from St Louis to Glasgow on a boat named Izora. His original fare was with Capt Kyser who had a boat named Shawnee, but the water was too low so he booked passage on the Izora. After surveying his land, he returned to St Louis aboard the str Zora.
If ever Appendix H is updated, these boats should be added.
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